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Calculate Capacitance in Series AC Circuits?

I'm supposed to calculate the capacitance of an unknown capacitor in series, but I'm not sure exactly which equation to use. I know the voltage across the resistor (Vr), voltage across the capacitor ...
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I don't understand what we really mean by voltage drop

This post is my best effort to seek assistance on a topic which is quite vague to me, so that I am struggling to formulate my questions. I hope that someone will be able to figure out what it is I'm ...
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Relationship between resistance and voltage drop

In a series or parallel circuit, if two bulbs have the same resistance, do they have the same voltage drops? The problem I am asking about is below. Do A, B, and C have the same voltage drops since ...
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Effective resistance of inductor

In a lab experiment, we connected a simple circuit: an AC voltage source, connected (in series) to a variable resistor and an inductor. We measured the current in the circuit, and the voltage that ...
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How do I solve the current of this resistor using Maxwell's Current Theorem?

I've been trying to solve this using the method the prof. taught us, and I happen to know the answer but I can't reach it no matter how many times I've tried. The circuit in question is below: I am ...
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Basic questions about voltage drop in DC circuit

I understand all the concepts of what voltage is using all the analogies but some things related to the drop of voltage across a circuit confuses me. If I had a short circuit and attached a ...
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What does a positive gradient on a graph of V plotted against I mean in terms of EMF and internal resistance?

According to the equation $V = E-Ir$, the gradient of a graph of $V$ against $I$ should be $-r$ (internal resistance) and the Y intercept should be the EMF. Am I right? In an experiment I used a ...
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Finding current using EMF & internal resistance

What exactly is the difference between internal resistance and resistance? This came up in the context of a homework problem I have been given: The circuit shown in the figure contains two ...
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Fundamentality of voltage to current

From Ohm's Law : Ohm's law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the potential difference across the two points. I would like to know if ...
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Why does the potential drop across a battery and resistor equal the emf of the battery?

In this diagram you can see the potential difference across the battery and resistor is the same as the pd created by the battery (the battery and resistor are representing a battery with internal ...
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What electric potential is found over individual resistors connected in series to an AC power supply?

Given a set of resistors connected in series to an AC power supply: What formula governs the peak-to-peak voltage which will be measured when voltage is probed over individual resistors and sets of ...